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Aeon's End

2016 | Card Game | Fantasy | Science Fiction

The survivors of a long-ago invasion have taken refuge in the forgotten underground city of Gravehold. There, the desperate remnants of society have learned that the energy of the very breaches the beings use to attack them can be repurposed through various gems, transforming the malign energies within into beneficial spells and weapons to aid their last line of defense: the breach mages.

Aeon's End is a cooperative game that explores the deckbuilding genre with a number of innovative mechanisms, including a variable turn order system that simulates the chaos of an attack, and deck management rules that require careful planning with every discarded card. Players will struggle to defend Gravehold from The Nameless and their hordes using unique abilities, powerful spells, and, most importantly of all, their collective wits.

AWARDS & HONORS
2018 Origins Awards Best Card Game Nominee
2018 Goblin Magnifico Nominee
2016 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee
2016 Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game Nominee



No. of Players 1-4
Playing Time 60 min
Age 14+
Mechanics Card Drafting, Co-operative Play, Deck / Pool Building, Hand Management, Variable Phase Order, Variable Player Powers
Designer Kevin Riley
Artist Gong Studios, Scott Hartman
Publisher Action Phase Games, Indie Boards & Cards
Amazon ASIN B072BG9Z9V

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated

Feb 22, 2021  
Aeon's End
Aeon's End
2016 | Card Game, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Excellent Deck Builder
Aeons End- is a excellent deck builder game that has a intresting twist. Lets talk more about it.

Aeon’s End is a cooperative deck building game in which you and your teammates are attempting to take down a member of The Nameless before it is able to destroy your home city of Gravehold. You do this by adding powerful spells, gems, and relics to your decks and strategically using them in a way that helps you defeat the enemies that come your way.

At the beginning of each game of Aeon’s End, you’ll set up your characters’ unique decks, put together a nemesis deck for the boss monster, and create a supply of cards that players can buy throughout the game. After all of that’s done, you’re ready to play!

Turn order is determined by the turn order deck. At the start of the game and after every turn, you’ll draw a card from this deck to see whose turn it is (the nemesis or a player).

On each turn, you can do one or more of the following actions in any order:

buy a card
play a card
charge up your special ability
focus or open a breach
prep a spell
react to a keyword on a nemesis card.

Aether is the currency in the game. You’ll use it to pay for new cards (spells, relics, and gems), to focus/open breaches, and to gain charges. You’ll start out with some basic cards that give you one aether apiece, but some of the cards you buy from the supply will give you more.

You cast spells in a unique way in this game. Open breaches allow you to prep a spell without paying a cost, while closed breaches need to be focused or opened in order to use them. When you focus a breach, you simply turn it clockwise and pay the “focus” cost written on the card. The spells you prepped can be cast on your next turn; prepped spells in closed breaches must be cast, while those in open breaches don’t have to be if you want to wait until a future turn.

Another unique aspect of this game is the way deck building works. Your deck is never shuffled, so you have to think about the order in which you put cards in your discard pile. When you cast spells or buy cards from the supply, those cards will go directly into your discard pile. When you use gems or relics, you’ll wait until the end of your turn and put them on top of your discard pile in any order. When your draw deck is empty, you simply flip your discard pile to create your new draw deck.

The main way to beat the nemesis is to take its life total down to zero, but you can also win if the nemesis’ deck runs out and there are no nemesis cards in play. You’ll lose if Gravehold is destroyed or if every player is exhausted (i.e. at zero life).

Its a excellent deck builder game. I highly recordmend playing it and owning it.
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Dale Kellegrew (3 KP) rated

Apr 4, 2019  
Aeon's End
Aeon's End
2016 | Card Game, Fantasy, Science Fiction
This is a near perfect cooperative deckbuilding game. If you like dominion and 5 minute dungeon. You'll love this game. (0 more)
It's a deck builder so if you aren't willing to put some time into being good at deck builders then dont bother. (0 more)
Aeons end is the perfect coop deckbuilding game.
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